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A New Era in Space-Based Methane-Emissions Detection

On March 4, 2024 MethaneSAT – an innovative space-based system for detecting methane emissions and identifying their sources – launched on a SpaceX rocket from Vandenburg Air Force Base in California.
Action Accelerator Cluster Research News Methane
Thu, Mar 14, 2024

Salata Institute Funds Five New Climate and Sustainability Projects Across Harvard

The Salata Institute announced a second round of seed grant awards for work on understudied and emerging topics in climate and sustainability. The new awards will support projects ranging from a bio-inspired skin that reduces building energy use to an analysis of the health impacts of “peaker” power plants.
Action Accelerator News
Fri, Feb 23, 2024
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The Harvard Climate and Sustainability Translational Fund

Harvard’s Climate and Sustainability Translational Fund propels climate and sustainability-related innovations towards startup formation.
Action Accelerator News
Tue, Feb 20, 2024

Policy Brief: Climate Change in South Asia: Requisites for a Sustainable Future

Scientifically sound, community-centered, multisectoral approaches that account for long timescales are essential for climate adaptation in South Asia. Read the brief.
Action Accelerator Cluster Research News White Paper
Wed, Dec 6, 2023
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Economist Robert Stavins Previews Harvard’s Role at COP28

Harvard’s delegation at the annual climate talks will focus this year on combating global methane emissions, a powerful lever to mitigate near-term climate change.
Action Accelerator Cluster Research News Methane
Mon, Oct 23, 2023

On the road to smoother EV charging — and hopefully, greater adoption

A new Harvard-MIT collaboration seeks to improve public EV charging infrastructure, accelerate EV adoption. Read more on the Harvard Gazette website.
Action Accelerator News
Tue, Sep 19, 2023

New Book Looks at Building Consensus on Green Policy

A new book co-authored by Harvard Professor Dustin Tingley proposes solutions that make more credible the promises of green investments, compensation, and retraining offered by the clean energy transition. Tingley is a member of an interdisciplinary Salata Institute climate research cluster examining the social costs and benefits of changes in the energy system and helping communities navigate the clean energy transition. Read more on the Harvard Gazette website.
Action Accelerator News
Wed, Aug 23, 2023

New Harvard-MIT Initiative: Driving Towards Seamless Public EV Charging

Widespread electric vehicle (EV) adoption is critical to confronting climate change – but a lack of sufficient public charging infrastructure is holding many potential EV drivers back. A team of researchers from Harvard and the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research will work to accelerate progress on public EV charging.
Action Accelerator News
Sun, Aug 13, 2023

Harvard Convenes Leaders at a Climate Crossroads

Despite making significant progress in recent years, the world is not on track to reduce greenhouse gas emissions enough to avoid the worst climate impacts. Getting on a better emissions path will require fundamental changes that touch every segment of our economies and societies. The inaugural Harvard Climate Symposium, hosted by the Climate Action Accelerator at the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, brought together over 500 leaders from across academia, business, government, and civil society to advance those changes.
Action Accelerator News
Wed, May 24, 2023

John Kerry Speaks at the Harvard Climate Symposium

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry joined Harvard University President Larry Bacow for a virtual fireside chat at the inaugural Harvard Climate Symposium, hosted by the Salata Institute's Climate Action Accelerator. Read more on the Harvard Gazette website.
Action Accelerator News
Fri, May 12, 2023
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Livestream the First Annual Harvard Climate Symposium on May 9

The Harvard Climate Symposium provides a rare and important opportunity for leaders across academia, business, government, and civil society to discuss some of the most difficult questions raised by climate change. The Salata Institute website will host a livestream of all plenary sessions, including a fireside chat between U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and President of Harvard University Lawrence Bacow.
Action Accelerator News
Mon, Apr 24, 2023

John Kerry to Speak at the Inaugural Harvard Climate Symposium

John Kerry, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, and Lawrence Bacow, President of Harvard University, will sit down for a virtual fireside chat titled “Strengthening Global Ambition” at the Harvard Climate Symposium on May 9th. A livestream of this conversation will be available on the Salata Institute’s homepage. No registration is required.
Action Accelerator News
Wed, Apr 12, 2023